Electric welding-machine.



APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 7| 1915- Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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APFLICATlON FILED JULY 7, 1915- Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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"run STATES PATENT OFFICE.

2mm FAszLnR, or nunnm-rnmnnnnu, GERMANY.

ELECTRIC NELIDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER Flisznnn, a citizen of Switzerland, residingat Berlin- Friedenau, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Electric Weldmg-Machmes, of which the following is aspecification.

p The present invention relates to an elec-' tric welding machine, andin particular to" the arrangement of the transformer thereof. It isknown to. provide,"1n such machines,

the ,transformer with one single secondary winding, which at the sametime is disposed as a casing for the transformer. However,

for obtaining the necessary mechanical strength such casing must be mademuch too heavy with regard to its electric duty.

As the material, of which such casing ismade, must be copper, bronze ora similar material, in order to offer a good conductor to the current, atransformer of this design becomes too expensive.

The welding machine forming the subject matter of the present inventionhas a transformer which affords the same advantages as the transformerhereinbefore mentioned, but is considerably cheaper in. itsconstruction.

Instead of making the whole transformer casing of the expensive materialthe guard.

cover of the transformer is essentially formed by the base frame whichmay be made of a cheaper material such as common cast iron 5 by ,partshaving the shape of a jacket projecting upward from the said base frameand being complemented to a complete jacket,

by active parts of the transformer itself.

Preferably the jacket forming projections of the base are complementedto the complete jacket by the secondary winding of the transformer.rangement only so much copper or bronze material is required for thesecondary winding as is actually necessary for the electrical duty ofthe machine. As, furthermore,

With's uch arrangement the material, which is a good conductor to heat,comes in direct In'consequence of such ar-.

contact with the atmosphere, a good and eflicientcooling of the sameisinsured. Ac'

cording to the form of the transformer the jacketlike parts of the basemay also be complemented to a complete closed jacket by parts of theiron core. This will be advisable, as a rule, when'the secondary coil ofthetransformer consists of more than one winding which. is then lesswell suited for Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 23, 191'.application filed July 7, 1915. Serial No. 38,449.

forming the complementing portion of thr 'formed by a U-shaped member 1which invertedly, that is to say with its opening downward, secured to aplate 2 likewise made of a material which is a good conductor for theelectric current. In the middle of the plate an I-sh'aped part 3 issecured which projects through an opening 4 in the apex ofthe U-shapedmember 1. The currcnt flows in the single-winding secondary coil formedby the parts'l, 2 and 3 from the end 5 through theI-part 3 and thenparallel branched-through the plate: *2 and the two legs. of theU-member 1 to point 6. At 5.,

1 as shown in the drawing Fig. 1. the welding electrode .21 operated bylever 23 is fitted, while the stationary or lower welding electrode 22is fitted at 6. As maybe seen from Fig. 3, it has been assumed that thesides of the legs of the U-member 1 are flat, and

therefore also the base plate has been made of a rectangularshape. Thebody thus produced which contains in its cavitythe trans- I former core7 with the primary coil encircling it, 8, forms a' casing whichnotcompletely cl'osed as there are wide openings in front and-at theback. -This' cavity is closed by jacket-forming (parts 10 projectingupward from the-base 9 into-- the gaps in the jacket bOdy and fittingclosely against the legs of'the U-member l. 'The diagram in Fig. 3 showsthe thus obtained guard cover or jacket of the transformer in ahorizontal section.- The parts 10 at thesame time serve as means forfixing the transformer, for example by aid of cars 13 on the saidjparts10 on which the transformer bears For further securing the latter screws17 may be passed through these parts. The transformer may also bear withitsbase2 on the edges of the base frame as shown in Fig; 1.

Instead of making the acket or casing of a rectangular shapenthe samemay also-be.

made of a rounded shape by curved jacketforming parts 11 fitting.against the'legs of the U-member as illustrated in the diagram .FOtherwise this constructional form is identical with that describedabove and shownin Fig.1. ,In place ofth'e plate 2 also a bottom yoke 12may be employed,.

onto ivh-ich, then, the U-shaped part 1 and the I-shaped part 3 arefitted. The secondary'coil may also, instead of-solid pieces,

be composed of sheet metal sections,-whereby its manufacture 'isfacilitated.

' "In Fig. 6 a further simplified constructional form of the inventionis shown. Here a secondary coil is employed which consists only-of onesidemember 14c and acentral member 15, corresponding tothe I-shaped part3', and whiclrisen circled by thetrans.-

formercore 7, with the primary coil 8. The

partl i forms the complement of the jacket- 16 which extends throughthree quarters of the circumference of the jacket it"). Thisconstrnctiomin 'particnlar'; shows how great a saving in expensivematerial maybeobs tained according to the present invention.-; In thiscase it is also 'ofadvantag'e to-make thesecondary coil "of a pluralityof sheet metal'sectionsf lV-hen the COYGl' of the transformer iscomplemented by means of theiron core, the arrangement may remain inother points the same as herembefore descrlbed. In this case, forexample, the parts 1, 12 anjd'3in -'Fig. 5' Wouldform the magnetic part,the 35-.

iron", core of the transformer, -while the winding could be arranged-around the 'core part 3. By'such means the same object is attained,that the principal parts of the transformer are inclosed by ajacket. For

insuring a good'coolin-g, slots may be pro; yided in the jacket members,which allow of the'air passing into the interior of the transformer. Iclaim: v I 1. In an electric Welding machine a transformer, theprotecting case of said transformer consisting of parts of electricallynonacti e material, said parts forming the greater part of thetransformer case, said case completed to a fully closed case by parts ofthe secondary coil of the transformer by these filling .up the intervalsbetween the saidnon-act-ive parts.

2; In an electric Welding machine a transformer, the protecting case ofsaid transl former consistmg of acket-forming parts of electricallynon-active material, said parts forming the greater part ofthetransformer case, said case completed to a fully closed case-byparts'of the secondary coil of the transformer by these filling up theintervals between the said-jacket-forming parts. I

v 3. In an electric Welding machine a trans former, the protecting caseof said transformer consisting of jacket-forming parts of electricallynon-active material extending iipward from the base of the weldingmachine, said parts formingthe greater part of the transformer case,sald case completed said jacket-forming parts to a fully closedtransformer jacket.

1 In an electric weldmg machine'a. transformer, the-protecting case ofsaid transformer consisting of one integral I jacketforming part ofelectrically non-active material extending through three quarters of thecircumference, said part forming the greater part of the transformercase by leaving one gap, said gap filled up by'the outer part of thesingle conductor secondary coil'completing the said jacket-forming partto a fully closed transformer jacketf In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature. 05

PETER FASZ'LER,

